Comparative World History Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Comparative World History explores the interconnectedness and diversity of human societies across different periods and regions. Through comparative analysis, students examine major civilizations, cultural exchanges, political systems, economic structures, and global conflicts, highlighting similarities and differences in historical experiences. The course encourages critical thinking about patterns of change, continuity, and the forces that have shaped the modern world, fostering a deeper understanding of global interrelations and their historical roots.
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Chapter 1: The Peopling of the World, to 4000 BCE
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Q1) How do scientists use evolution in explaining how life forms,as well as humans,came into being?
Answer: In this essay, students should:
1.Explain the importance of genetic mutation.
2.Discuss the process of natural selection and the importance of or lack of individual and group beneficial traits that are often inherited.
3.Discuss adaptation to environment and changes in the environment.
Q2) Two major evolutionary differences between hominids and other primates are larger brains and the ability to
A)Think aesthetically.
B)Walk upright.
C)Live in groups.
D)Remember past events.
E)Feel emotions.
Answer: B
Q3) stratigraphy
Answer: Answer not provided.
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Chapter 2: The First Complex Societies in the Eastern
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Q1) The epic Gilgamesh,one of the earliest recorded works of literature,tells the story of the area that is given credit for establishing the first complex societies,which is called A)Egypt.
B)Turkey.
C)Spain.
D)Mesopotamia.
E)Africa.
Answer: D
Q2) Mesopotamian farmers had advanced tools made of A)Stone.
B)Bone.
C)Copper.
D)Bronze.
E)Wood.
Answer: D
Q3) What constitutes a complex society and how do they compare with the Neolithic communities that came before?
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Chapter 3: Ancient India and the Rise of Buddhism, 2600
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Q1) nomads
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Q2) How were the rulers of the Indian empires different from those in ancient Mesopotamia,Egypt,neo-Assyria,and neo-Babylonia?
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Q3) Discuss the early life of the Buddha and why his parents raised him in an isolated walled palace.
Answer: In this essay,students should discuss the following key points:
Q4) jati
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q5) ?dhows
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q6) Historical evidence implies that India was an important link between Rome and A)Japan.
B)Greece.
C)Sri Lanka.
D)China.
E)Egypt.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Blueprint for Empire: China, 1200 BCE-
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Q1) How did the Chinese justify the removal or overthrow of a dynasty?
Q2) The Han dynasty's expansion involved tenuous control since
A)Imposing Chinese culture over indigenous peoples.
B)The Chinese use of the Silk Road to supply their armies in the northwest.
C)Chinese presence limited to Chinese garrisons
D)The first Chinese to expand into Vietnam.
E)Chinese garrisons that were unable to impose Confucianism on local peoples.
Q3) Zhou Dynasty
Q4) Discuss early Chinese writing from the Shang dynasty and what information such writings have contributed to ancient Chinese history.
Q5) The Warring States Period refers to the end of which dynasty?
A)Shang.
B)Qin.
C)Wang.
D)Zhou.
E)Han.
Q6) Emperor Wu
Q7) Shang Dynasty
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Q8) Elaborate on the political system of the Han dynasty.
Q9) Confucianism
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Q1) Without any writing systems to refer to,how have archaeologists reconstructed the trade routes of the Hopewell Indians of North America?
Q2) The text implies that the most prized personal possession of a Mayan was A)Jade.
B)Sea shells.
C)Bird feathers.
D)Gold.
E)Salt.
Q3) Mau Piailug
Q4) Obsidian was important to the Mayans because it
A)Was available locally.
B)Was the hardest material known to the Mayans at that time.
C)Was associated with volcanoes,which Mayans believed had magic powers.
D)Was an important item in their trade network.
E)Served a spiritual purpose.
Q5) New Zealand
Q6) Discuss the several theories that attempt to explain the relationships between the Olmecs,Teothihuacan,and the Maya.
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Q7) Polynesian Triangle
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Q1) Darius's favorite wife was Artystone,who in addition to being a daughter of Cyrus and half-sister of Cambyses,also
A)Was a high priestess of Zoroastrianism.
B)Was half Greek.
C)Could read and write in Perisan.
D)Was appointed satrap of Baylonia.
E)Had her own palace.
Q2) Which of the following statements about Persian couriers is true?
A)They traveled 90 miles a day.
B)Couriers were Persian merchants who developed a vast trade network.
C)They were crucial to government communication with its vast empire.
D)The courier system stationed a man and a horse a day apart.
E)All of these choices.
Q3) Phoenicians
Q4) Ahura Mazda
Q5) Zoroastrianism
Q6) Darius I
Q7) Hellenization
Q8) Achaemenids
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509 BCE- 476 Ce
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Q1) What was the central issue in the First Punic War?
A)The control of Rome by Carthage.
B)To destroy the capital of Carthage as an economic center in the Mediterranean.
C)The Roman general Scipio's desire to gain power in the republican government.
D)Rome's hope to destroy the Carthaginian navy as a threat to its mainland.
E)Rivalry for dominance over Sicily.
Q2) What problems did Hannibal and his army face in crossing the Alps and invading Italy?
Q3) Rome dominated the western Mediterranean after defeating which empire in 202 B.C.E.?
A)Gaul.
B)Greece.
C)Carthage.
D)Sicily.
E)Egypt.
Q4) Discuss the role of religion in the Roman Empire.
Q5) Briefly discuss the origins of Rome.
Q6) Roman Senate
Q7) During the Republic,how did the Romans administer the lands they conquered? How does this compare to the Qin and Achaemenid administrations? Page 11
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Q1) Chakravartin
Q2) Most of the Koreans who came to Japan in the fifth and sixth centuries came from A)Silla.
B)Paekche.
C)Koguryo.
D)Koryo.
E)Kaya.
Q3) Discuss the two types of Hindu worship that developed in India.
Q4) Bhakti
Q5) What aspect of Buddhism was attractive to potential Chinese converts?
A)Buddhism promised relief of family responsibility.
B)Buddhism was easily translated into Chinese for all to understand.
C)Preserved more hopeful view of the afterlife than Confucian and Daoist teachings.
D)Buddhism spoke to a fluid soul and body.
E)Confucianism required a daily and individual regimen too difficult for most Chinese to live by.
Q6) Greater Vehicle
Q7) bone-rank system
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Chapter 9: Islamic Empires of Western Asia and Africa, 600 - 1258
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Q1) The term caliph literally means
A)Priest.
B)Prophet.
C)Guided one.
D)Successor.
E)Messiah.
Q2) How was the egalitarianism of early Islam transformed by the Abbasid caliphs?
A)They lived in the splendor of a Sasanian court.
B)Greek became the language of the court.
C)They were increasingly accessible to the public.
D)Caliphs strove to appear as common Muslims in dress and surroundings.
E)Living in Sasanian courts,they were addressed as "the shadow of God on earth."
Q3) The Umayyad dynasty began with the assassination of Ali in 661 followed by the reign of the caliph
A)Ali.
B)Fatima.
C)Abu Bakr.
D)Muawiya.
E)Umar.
Q4) Umayyad
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Chapter 10: The Multiple Centers of Europe, 500 - 1000
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Q1) Which of the following modern-day nations was never a part of Charlemagne's empire?
A)France.
B)Poland.
C)Germany.
D)Italy.
E)Switzerland.
Q2) What could Charlemagne and the Franks claim against the Byzantines after Charlemagne was crowned emperor by the pope in 800?
A)Charlemagne was the legitimate pope of the Christian world.
B)Empress Irene had to marry Charlemagne to keep her ties to the church.
C)The Franks were the legitimate successors of the Roman Empire and the Roman emperor.
D)Charlemagne was the legitimate head of the Byzantine throne.
E)They could claim all the former lands once controlled by Rome.
Q3) What was involved in the Iconoclast controversy,and why might the emperor view the worshiping of icons as a threat?
Q4) In many ways,Charlemagne was a man of his time and a man of the future.Discuss this statement.
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Chapter 11: Expanding Trade Networks in Africa and India,
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Q1) sharia
Q2) Although Ibn Battuta found many negative areas in Mali's society,he did note some positive features,including which of the following?
A)secure roads.
B)knowledge of the Quran.
C)children being punished for not memorizing passages from the Quran.
D)attendance at Friday services.
E)all of these choices.
Q3) The task of a griot was to
A)act as an advisor to the leader on matters of state and policy.
B)have ancestral knowledge.
C)entertain by describing the accomplishments of the previous king.
D)compose new sections to a story describing the achievements of the present king.
E)All of these choices.
Q4) Trans-Saharan Caravan trade network
Q5) Indian Ocean Trade Network
Q6) Great Man
Q7) Ibn Khaldun
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Chapter 12: Chinas Commercial Revolution, ca900 - 1276
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Q1) advanced scholar
Q2) Zhao Rugua
Q3) Wang Anshi,the newly appointed Song grand counselor in 1069,reformed the way government paid salary to A)food.
B)books.
C)money.
D)trade vouchers.
E)tea.
Q4) Because superior cavalry was insufficient to defeat high-walled cities,armies began to rely on
A)long sieges.
B)the use of elephants introduced from India.
C)new tunneling techniques.
D)suicide charges led by prisoners and slaves.
E)weapons fueled by gunpowder.
Q5) Shadow Privilege
Q6) Relate the book publishing and educational boom to the commercial revolution.
Q7) Steel
Q8) Discuss the growth of civil service examinations in Song China.
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Chapter 13: Europes Commercial Revolution, 1000 - 1400
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Q1) Abelard's treatise on the Bible and the classic sayings of the early church fathers was called
A)Sic et Non.
B)The Sentences.
C)The Summa.
D)The Chronicle.
E)The Guide for the Perplexed.
Q2) Cerealization
Q3) Cathedrals
Q4) Peter Abelard's personal "misfortunes," as he describes them in his autobiography of 1132,involved
A)his failure to become king of France.
B)his expulsion from the University of Paris.
C)his love affair with Heloise,his student.
D)the disastrous events of the first Crusade.
E)the early death of his parents.
Q5) Describe the outbreak of the Black Death and its impact.
Q6) Discuss the spread of Christianity into the European countryside.
Q7) Dominicans
Q8) Fourth Lateran Council
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14: The Mongols and Their Successors, 1200 - 1500
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Q2) Nestorian Christians
A)Were based in Alexandria.
B)Spoke Syrian to the Mongolians.
C)Believed that Christ had two natures.
D)Were the most active Christians in Central Asia.
E)Followed the teachings of the Cathars.
Q3) The Ottomans enjoyed unusual military success because of which of the following?
A)Their policies did not involve plunder.
B)Janissaries became a part of their armies.
C)Improved gunpowder weapons were used.
D)Farmers were willing to sell to the Ottomans who paid market prices.
E)All of these choices.
Q4) The Mongols worshipped several protective spirits and deities,including Tengri,the god of
A)Death.
B)Sky.
C)Vegetation.
D)Horses.
E)Divination.
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Q1) Portuguese Slave Trade
Q2) What very interesting comparison can be made of the travels of Columbus and Zheng He?
Q3) Atahualpa
Q4) Which of the following was the major weakness of the Aztec Empire?
A)They did not encourage their warriors to fight.
B)They were too busy performing rituals to conquer.
C)They did nothing to incorporate conquered peoples into the empire.
D)They were unable to find enough obsidian to arm a large army.
E)They were unable to grow enough food for the empire.
Q5) Why was conquest so important to the Mexica (Aztecs)?
Q6) Various historical evidence points to the migration of various peoples to central Mexico in about A)1000. B)1400. C)1200.
D)800.
E)500.
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16: Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500 - 1700
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Q1) What effect did the Portuguese have on the Kongo Kingdom?
Q2) Kongo Kingdom
Q3) The main emphasis of the Neo-Confucian philosophy of Wang Yangming was to stress self-reflection and that
A)a sage is produced after years of close observation of the external world.
B)Islam,Christianity,and Judaism were false religions.
C)all classes were equal intellectually.
D)everyone is born with innate knowledge.
E)the moral constraints of Confucianism did not create a person of impeccable character.
Q4) What was Ricci's overall effect on the Chinese in his attempt at making Christian converts?
Q5) han'gul
Q6) The earliest and greatest of the joint-stock companies in the East was/were the
A)Dutch East India Company.
B)British East India Company.
C)Portuguese in Melaka.
D)Kilawa gold companies in Swahili.
E)Ming China in Africa.
Q7) Protestant Reformation
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Chapter 17: Religion, politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500
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Q1) Suleyman the Magnificent
Q2) The Ottomans saw themselves as the guardians of A)Islam.
B)Constantinople.
C)the Prophet's relics.
D)Constantinople
E)Christianity.
Q3) Battle of Lepanto
Q4) Isfahan was known for its beauty and culture,exhibited by which of the following?
A)water channels.
B)Persian carpets.
C)miniature painting.
D)All of the answers are correct.
E)Persian verse.
Q5) Janissaries
Q6) Evilya Celebi
Q7) Compare the royal absolutism of Louis XIV with the Glorious Revolution.How did the two countries come to such different power structures?
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Q1) Much of the Andean silver stimulated the development of a more integrated world economic system when it ended up in
A)Madrid.
B)China.
C)the Netherlands.
D)India.
E)Ottoman territories.
Q2) Quebec
Q3) What type of relationship did the French establish with the Amerindians of Canada?
A)A formal French bureaucracy was established.
B)The Catholic Church became a major participant in governing the area.
C)The French developed a cooperative trade relationship with indigenous peoples.
D)Amerindians were forced to hunt and trap for the French.
E)The Amerindians shared political power with the French.
Q4) Carolina
Q5) Although Europeans had a tremendous effect,culturally and economically,on the Americas,how did the Columbian Exchange affect the physical environment?
Q6) Casta System
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Q1) What was the situation of free Africans in the Americas?
Q2) Black Seminoles
Q3) Which of the following describes the connection between the African Songhai Empire and Islam?
A)The Askias' patronage of Islamic arts and sciences.
B)The Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu.
C)Songhai Muslim's hajj to Mecca.
D)Attraction of many Islamic scholars to Timbuktu's libraries and bookstores.
E)All of the answers are correct.
Q4) Although Europe had major contacts with all parts of the world after the sixteenth century,Islam had long been important in providing Africa with outside contacts through Muslim merchants.Using one example from the textbook,elaborate on this theme.
Q5) How many Africans are estimated to have been transported out of Africa into slavery between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries?
A)One million.
B)Twelve million.
C)Twenty million.
D)Five million.
E)Two million.
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Chapter 20: Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650 - 1818
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Q2) Which reforms by Yoshimune were successful?
A)Controls on interest rates.
B)Cultivation of sugar and ginseng.
C)Increased attention to products from the sea that provided food and fertilizer.
D)All of the answers are correct.
E)Finding plants that would grow in marginal areas to increase food supplies.
Q3) Yangzi River Valley
Q4) The British acquisition of India,as a part of the British Empire,led to many areas of cultural exchange.One area involved the field of law and was expressed as legal pluralism.Discuss this process.
Q5) How was cotton changing the economies and cultures of European and Asian powers?
Q6) Rather than territorial control,seaborne European empires in Asia were originally geared toward
A)repression of Islam.
B)commercial profit.
C)exploration.
D)scientific research.
E)expansion of Christianity.
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Chapter 21: European Science and the Foundations of
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Q1) In a time when maritime powers were becoming world empires,it was imperative to be as strong at sea as possible.How was the problem of determining longitude finally solved so that navigators could determine their precise position?
Q2) Which of the following was emphasized in Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding?
A)A balanced political order was based on a contract between subjects and government.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)Citizens must voluntarily give up some of their autonomy to a government.
D)Only propertied males should be able to take an active part in government.
E)Governments should have both an executive and legislative body.
Q3) Frederick the Great of Prussia
Q4) Which of the following statements describes the impact of the British settlements in Australia on the original inhabitants?
A)Worked on European ranches.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)Became a subclass in cities
D)Were devastated by European plagues
E)Retreated into remote areas to escape British influences
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Q3) Maximilien Robespierre
Q4) mestizos
Q5) The line drawn in the Proclamation of 1763 was a great annoyance to the American colonies because it
A)placed a western limit on colonial expansion.
B)moved the Canadian border into Massachusetts territory.
C)created a zone that had to be defended by colonial militia.
D)placed a western limit on colonial expansion into Canada.
E)created an Indian state in the Ohio Valley.
Q6) Third Estate
Q7) The Continental Congress of 1775 was the result of which of the following?
A)suspension of the Massachusetts Charter.
B)disbanding the Massachusetts legislature.
C)all of the answers are correct.
D)organization of colonial militias.
E)assigning a British governor over the Massachusetts colony.
Q8) Declaration of Independence
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Q1) Before Victoria became Queen of England in 1837,what kinds of problems had industrialization caused in England?
Q2) The English reform movement achieved which of the following?
A)all of the answers are correct.
B)by the 1850s wages increased.
C)restrictions on trade unions were eased.
D)child labor laws were enacted.
E)prison reform.
Q3) Congress of Vienna
Q4) The Suez Canal was completed in 1869 and directly linked the Mediterranean Sea to the
A)Red Sea.
B)Atlantic Ocean.
C)Arabian Sea.
D)Pacific Ocean.
E)Nile River.
Q5) Habsburgs
Q6) Friedrich Engels
Q7) Railroads
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Q1) Indian Revolt of 1857
Q2) Extraterritoriality
Q3) After 1858,the situation in Japan continued to be tense and threatening because
A)the shogun had allied himself with foreigners,seeking to increase his power.
B)Europeans refused to even receive the special Japanese delegation sent to ask for continued isolation.
C)the emperor led an imperial army against the Tokugawa government.
D)there was a strong group of ronin calling for a return to "war and worship of ancient warriors."
E)reformers and revolutionists called for the expulsion of all foreigners.
Q4) Toshiko Kishida
Q5) The Meiji Restoration believed that what was the key to progress?
A)Trade.
B)Education.
C)Religion.
D)Family life.
E)Military.
Q6) International Settlements
Q7) Durbar
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Chapter 25: State Building and Social Change in the
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Q2) General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Q3) Which of the following were causes for the Union victory over the Confederacy during the American Civil War?
A)all of the answers are correct.
B)farms.
C)industrial might.
D)natural resources.
E)transportation networks.
Q4) Haciendas
Q5) Britain's move in the direction of free trade,which eliminated duties on many North American goods reaching British markets,involved which of the following products?
A)Cotton,wheat,and fish.
B)Timber,fish,and grain.
C)Iron,copper,and timber.
D)Rice,grain,and fish.
E)Rice,wine,and corn.
Q6) Metis
Q7) Describe the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention
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Chapter 26: The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast
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Q1) What was the result of having Crowther,a West African Anglican bishop?
A)White missionaries accepted Crowther as a symbol of their success.
B)Crowther's appointment helped to destroy the Social Darwinist attitude toward Africans.
C)The appointment proved to the Anglican Church that it was to their benefit to have an African as a bishop.
D)Racism forced him into retirement and replaced by an English bishop.
E)White missionaries began to tutor other Africans to follow in Crowther's footsteps.
Q2) Which of the following is related to Ethiopia's success in keeping its independence and sovereignty?
A)The defeat of Italy at the Battle of Adowa.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)The successful leadership of Menelik.
D)As a Christian nation,its ability to broker between European powers.
E)Ethiopia's development of a modern and well-equipped military.
Q3) How was the European conquest of Africa aided by the lack of unity among the Africans?
Q4) Jihad
Q5) King Khama III
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Chapter 27: War, revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 19051928
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Q2) Who of the following is responsible for the harsh reparations imposed on Germany after World War I?
A)Wilson.
B)Clemenceau.
C)Lenin.
D)Nicholas II.
E)David Lloyd-George.
Q3) The goal of the Bolsheviks,under their leader V.I.Lenin,was to
A)change the destiny of all humanity.
B)create a constitutional monarchy.
C)free Russia from the power of the tsar.
D)force the tsar to form a Duma.
E)create a godless communistic state.
Q4) The Mandate System was authorized by
A)the Versailles Treaty.
B)the League of Nations.
C)Wilson of the United States.
D)the Pan African Conference.
E)the Paris Peace Conference.
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Chapter 28: Responses to Global Crisis, 1920 - 1939
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Q1) Invasion of Manchuria
Q2) Japan,like Italy and Germany,benefited from its aggressive militaristic-nationalistic policies because of which of the following?
A)big corporations profited from lucrative government policies and military spending.
B)the acquisition of Manchuria boosted the economy.
C)employment increased.
D)all of the following.
E)public support for the ultranationalist government increased.
Q3) Hind Swaraj
Q4) While some Italians were supportive,and some - especially communists - paid for their opposition with their lives,what was the general Italian reaction to Mussolini?
A)Violent protest rallies against his attack on Ethiopia.
B)Going on with their daily lives.
C)Joining underground communist groups.
D)Wildly joining the Italian army and calling for the revival of the Roman Empire.
E)Demanding the removal of Mussolini by the Italian king.
Q5) Franklyn Delano Roosevelt
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Chapter 29: The Second World War and the Origins of the
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Q2) How did the fortifications France built as a result of World War I match the German invasion?
A)it was not a match for the German navy.
B)it was well-suited for the French Air Force.
C)it failed to account for a German invasion through Belgium.
D)it failed to account for the German use of gas.
E)it was an ineffective barrier to German tanks.
Q3) Siege of Leningrad
Q4) The maquis was a/an
A)underground youth movement against the fascists in Germany.
B)foreign corps working to overthrow Franco in Spain.
C)secret Jewish society helping Jews escape German capture.
D)group of French underground antifascist fighters in France.
E)French collaborationist group seeking out resistance members.
Q5) Axis Powers
Q6) Free French
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Q7) How did the events of World War II provoke Nationalist sentiment and movement in Asia and Middle East?
Q8) Pearl Harbor
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Q1) Tlatelolco Massacre
Q2) Kwame Nkrumah
Q3) Cuban Missile Crisis
Q4) Fidel Castro,like ____,was an idealist who renounced middle-class privilege for revolution and who searched for an alternative between capitalism and technocratic socialism.
A)Mao
B)Guevara
C)Batista
D)Eisenhower
E)Khrushchev
Q5) Land and Freedom Army
Q6) Which of the following was a part of French neocolonialism in Africa?
A)A promise of French citizenship by a colonial policy of "assimilation."
B)Former French colonies receiving control over their own internal affairs,but under the direction from Paris.
C)Joined a larger French Community.
D)All of the answers are correct.
E)Currency pegged to the French stock market.
Q7) Domino Theory
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Q1) The African National Congress had worked for racial equality in South Africa since A)1948.
B)1912.
C)1940.
D)1960.
E)1984.
Q2) Sweden,Denmark and ________ refused to surrender their currency and rejected the Euro.
A)Belgium.
B)France.
C)Italy.
D)Germany.
E)Great Britain.
Q3) Zaire
Q4) George H.W.Bush
Q5) Perestroika
Q6) Mobutu Sese Seko
Q7) Boris Yeltsin
Q8) Pope John Paul II
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Q1) Arab Spring
Q2) Economists coined the term BRIC to represent which of the following world surge points?
A)Boston,Rome,Incirlik,Canton.
B)Bengal,Rhodesia,Indonesia,China.
C)Brazil,Russia,Indonesia,Canada.
D)Brazil,Russia,India,China.
E)Bengal,Russia,India,Canada.
Q3) Regional trade blocs usually involve controversy and tough bargaining because of which of the following?
A)Nations are forced to raise tariffs.
B)Unions are not allowed to strike because of foreign competition.
C)Nations are forced to drop all tariffs.
D)Regional goals have to be taken into consideration,along with national ones.
E)None of these
Q4) What is China's One Child Policy and how is it reshaping Chinese culture? When did they institute it and why are they re-evaluating it?
Q5) Wangari Maathai
Q6) Ai Weiwei
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